DEFINITIONS CONTINUEDNOUNS3. a thief, especially one who frequents public-houses and picks quarrels with the wearers of rings and watches, in hopes of getting up a fight, and so enabling their 'pals' to steal the articles (slang)4. one who improvises music, especially accompaniments on the pianoforte5. a swindling horse-dealer; one that 'vamps' up or cobbles up a horse, that is, makes him appear sound by certain tricks and devices (slang)VERBS1. to boast, to bluster, to swagger; to bully (Scottish and dialect)2. to assume an ostentatious appearance, to pose (Scottish and dialect)3. to beat down the price (dialect)(an old word used in the yearly bargainings of farm servants)